* wanders in while procrastinating *
Sonny, how are you and your family doing? I hope you are have a good measure of joy this Christmastide.
Nerd, that is so cool about South Korea! It is quite a lovely place, but most of my time has been either in the heart of the capitol or down by Busan. We should compare notes some time.
Rya, good luck house hunting! Keep us updated, if you don't mind.
Life has been...busy, to say the least. I ended up never getting any herbs in this year (
), however my dad planted fifteen (no, I am not exaggerating) tomato plants
and nothing else, so no one was lacking in tomatoes, at least. I was probably going out to pick between 5-8 pounds a week just to give away, and my parents were doing the same. It was rather ridiculous. He has promised to plant fewer tomatoes next year, but he is already playing around with a trellissing idea, which I actually think will be fairly promising. A local restaurant did similar a few years ago, and theirs seems to hold up quite well.
Otherwise, it has been mainly work, work, and more work. The smoke from the awful fires has cleared, which is very nice (if you're wondering, this is a comparative of what it looked like over the
nearby port), however, mud after fires is also quite dangerous, as it ends up creating mammoth mudslides, among other things. But, at least you can go outside without a mask, and the fires are out.
Despite the fact that I don't get a break this year (yay, me), I'm quite looking forward to winter break. It's been one of those months where everyone knows what they need to do but they're all being cantankerous donkeys about every little detail, so nothing gets done. I'm hoping most of them being off for a week or two or three will help reset some of that. I'm just glad I get to avoid attending an end-of-year wedding.
Does anyone have any particularly fun or special plans for the various holidays? Beyond making unhealthy foods (yay, doughnuts!), I've not given it much thought yet.